» flashplayer_updater.exe
Overview
Analysis
File Details

flashplayer_updater.exe

Tore

File validated

This is the InstallMetrix bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application flashplayer_updater.exe, “Tore Setup ” by File validated has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the InstallMetrix Software installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Adobe Flash Player but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.

File name:

Publisher:

File validated (signed and verified)

Product:

Tore

Description:

Tore Setup

Version:

5.0.2.2

MD5:

32bc2dc5d9ec50b62988fb0c71296ea5

SHA-1:

d53ffcaa2f3c14792784cd4eed889ddbdbaaedaa

SHA-256:

1b9bb7c2241bf15f261b112a54606983c4d891dc54a014366f9436deb9a2805a

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Description:

This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:

11/16/2024 6:53:02 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.InstallCore (M)

17.2.21.1

File size:

1009.4 KB (1,033,632 bytes)

Product version:

5.6

Lite

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

InstallMetrix Software (using Inno Setup)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\flashplayer_updater.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

File validated

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

2/11/2016 9:57:33 AM

Valid to:

2/11/2017 9:57:33 AM

Subject:

CN=File validated, O=File validated, L=San Francisco, S=CA, C=US

Issuer:

CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:

11210B0B336C146B1DEA833B7DA98E456EB9

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

Entry address:

0x9C40

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE... 
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Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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